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The Mobile Robotics Group RobotCar trials

The Mobile Robotics Group RobotCar trials

The Mobile Robotic Group (MRG) welcomed teams from the BBC, Sky & ITN to Begbroke Science Park on February 14th as they tested their autonomous, electric vehicle RobotCar, a modified Nissan Leaf, on the site.

The MRG researches many aspects of mobile autonomy with a particular emphasis on the perception and understanding of large workspaces. The team have a field lab based at Begbroke Science Park, where they operate and develop the RobotCar as well as other robots, including a driverless Bowler Wildcat. The tests were carried out around the site with Professor Paul Newman, BP Professor of Engineering Science at Oxford University, and his team heading the trials.

See further details on the project initiative at mrg.robots.org.uk or contact the MRG’s Information Engineering Project Manager Janet Sadler at the Department of Engineering Science.

Ben Broughton, Bodle Technologies

“Thank you very much for all the help with signage and room set-up. The meeting ran very smoothly and the Blenheim Room makes a very nice location.”

Jim Watts, Head, Product Engineering, Oxford PV

I found the RSC event hosted at the Begbroke Science Park both extremely informative and a great opportunity for networking with other local scientists. I hadn’t appreciated the extent to which the RSC are supporting small businesses, from the high-profile publicity associated with winning one of their annual awards, to the more direct benefit of their Enterprise Plus scheme (where undergraduate students are provided grants to fulfil industrial placements). Overall I found it to be a great success and an event worth attending. Thank you RSC and Begbroke Science Park.